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The legendary NFL player and coach didn’t hold back in a recent interview, telling the Redskins Historian website in no uncertain terms that Washington’s football team absolutely, positively and without a doubt should keep its name, no matter who it offends.

The legendary NFL player and coach didn’t hold back in a recent interview, telling the Redskins Historian website in no uncertain terms that Washington’s football team absolutely, positively and without a doubt should keep its name, no matter who it offends.

Because, according to Ditka, those who are offended are merely “politically correct idiots” and “liberals who complain about everything” who are “silly” and “asinine.” The current ESPN NFL analyst also calls the controversy “stupid,” “appalling” and a bad word that means horse feces.

“I hope that owner keeps fighting for it and never changes it, because the Redskins are part of American football history and they should never be anything but the Washington Redskins,” Ditka said. “That’s the way it is.”

“It’s been the name of the team since the beginning of football,” Ditka continued. “It has nothing to do with something that happened lately or something that somebody dreamed up. This was the name, period. Leave it alone.”